Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . im well-merited praise. As is well known, Victor Em-manuel was most extravaoant, not so much with regard tothe gratification of his personal tastes as to his charities. Hisopen-handedness, indeed, knew no bounds. It was found onhis death that his debts were very considerable, and it was proposed by Parlia-ment that these shouldbe paid by the , however, Um-berto resolutely re-fused, declaring thathis fathers debts werehis own, and that heshould undertake theliq
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . im well-merited praise. As is well known, Victor Em-manuel was most extravaoant, not so much with regard tothe gratification of his personal tastes as to his charities. Hisopen-handedness, indeed, knew no bounds. It was found onhis death that his debts were very considerable, and it was proposed by Parlia-ment that these shouldbe paid by the , however, Um-berto resolutely re-fused, declaring thathis fathers debts werehis own, and that heshould undertake theliquidation thereof. In 1878, an attemptto assassinate KingUmberto was made byan Italian named Gio-vanni Passanante, acook by occupation,and 29 years of King, accompa-nied by the QueenMarguerite, the youngPrince of Naples, andPremier Cairoli, had arrived at Naples at twenty minutes aftertwo oclock, and was given a most enthusiastic reception byall orders of the populace. The royal carriage stopped for amoment to enable a delegation to present a petition to theKing, when Passanante, who had been carrying a banner in. MARGUERiTE, QUEEN OF ITALY. THE ROVAL FAiMlLY OF ITALY. 59 the trade processions which were taking part in the recep-tion, rushed forward with a dagger and succeeded in inflict-ing a shght scratch upon King Humberts left arm. SignorCairoh seized the would-be assassin by the hair, and receiveda wound in the left thigh, while the King whipped out hissword and struck the culprit on the head. The Queen andthe young Prince of Naples retained their presence ot mindin a wonderful manner, and altogether the royal party be-haved with great coolness and courage. A captain of cuiras-siers ended the struggle by seizing the culprit, who waspromptly consigned to prison. He had no excuse to offerexcept that he was poor, and did not like kings. He fur-ther averred that he belonged to no society, and if he told thetruth in this regard, neither the Socialists nor the Red Re-publ
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